The Golden Book of Estonian Fairy Tales contains tales loved through the ages, written by Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Jakob KĂ”rv, Juhan Kunder, Matthias Johann Eisen, Ernst Peterson-SĂ€rgava, August Jakobson, as well as fairy tales by modern writers like Eno Raud, Aino Pervik, Heiki Vilep, Kalju Saaber, Jaan Rannap and others. The Golden Book of Estonian Fairy Tales is a comprehensive fairy tale collection and a reference book with the index of authors and the index of titles. The book contains plenty of
colourful illustrations by the best Estonian illustrators of children’s books. The book is divided into seven thematic groups:
• Fairy tales about animals, birds and insects
• Fairy tales about mermaids, fairies and sylvan deities
• Fairy tales about the rich girl and the orphan
• Fairy tales about greed, malice and foolishness
• Fairy tales about the devil and various goblins
• Fairy tales about princes and princesses
• Christmas fairy tales